For more than 50 years, one family has dedicated itself to caring for the biggest graveyard in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna - much to the gratitude of other residents who do not fancy the job ...

The body is measured, and those details are texted back to the others so that a grave can be dug. This can take around an hour - with two people taking it in turns to dig down 6ft (1.8m ...

The Abdullahi family became involved in the 1970s when two brothers - Ibrahim and Adamu - began working there. The two siblings now lie beneath the soil in the graveyard, and their sons have ...

The body is measured and those details are texted back to the others so that a grave can be dug. This can take around an hour - with two people taking it in turns to dig down 6ft (1.8m) into the earth ...

From 1975: A human skeleton was discovered by grave diggers at Greenwood Cemetery – but the bones were found only 2.5 feet deep, in an area not previously used for graves at the cemetery.

It can take at least an hour to dig a grave - and is done to exact measurements sent by those preparing the body Magaji tends to get the call on his mobile, either directly from a relative or an ...

Ifiokabasi Ettang / BBC It can take at least an hour to dig a grave - and is done to exact measurements sent by those preparing the body Magaji tends to get the call on his mobile, either directly ...

After her disappearance, police carried out extensive searches which led them to remains presumed to be hers in a shallow grave on October 1 last year. Police speculated that it might have been ...